Chapter 403 Wearing a yellow robe?
Chapter 403 Wearing a yellow robe?
Shao Quanzhong's speed of traveling north was extremely slow, so slow that it was shocking.
A battalion of the Guards Brigade rode a train in front to lead the way, and a special train followed behind. This was specially arranged by Shao Quanzhong himself.
Why is it necessary to have such a high standard when taking a train? Why are there two special trains and one leading the way in front? No one dared to ask Shao Quanzhong the reason.
The train drove for four hours and then stopped in Huai'an. Shao Quanzhong got off the train and inspected the reserve situation of the insurance team there. In the evening, Liangjiang Governor Shao Hengzhong joined the team with 200 guards.
The next day, after another five hours of walking, Shao Quanzhong stopped in Xuzhou and inspected the Wen's Aiguoyi Coal and Iron Consortium.
With the Shilu iron mine in Hainan and the anthracite in Guangning, Annan, this place is actually not that important. The low-quality iron ore produced is only used to supply civilian products, but Shao Quanzhong still watches it with great interest.
Before departure on the third morning, the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Lin Bozi, personally led 200 soldiers to join the team. As soon as he received Maria's telegram, he took the train and traveled for 24 hours to catch up.
On the third day, we waited for Lin Bozai for two hours. We started late and stopped after four hours. We stopped in Shangqiu, where representatives of Jin Shun, the governor of Jiumen, and Dong Jun, the governor of Fengtai Camp, arrived. They did not bring any guards with them, and came lightly.
On the fourth day, the train arrived in Kaifeng, but it stopped. Shao Quanzhong took a boat across the Yellow River and visited the old site of Chenqiaoyi, stayed there for a night, and returned in a swagger on the afternoon of the fifth day.
Then, he unexpectedly met a representative of Liu Yuezhao, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou. Shao Quanzhong helped Yunnan and Guizhou to pacify the Dali rebellion, so he had connections there.
When they arrived in Luoyang and settled down on the sixth day, a telegram came from the Grand Council, urgently recalling the imperial edict that the young emperor had ordered to detain Jiang Laosi and Chen Siqi and bring them to Beijing, saying that this order was not signed by the Grand Council and was a disorderly order.
Shao Quanzhong smiled and asked Ping'er to draft a memorial, recommending Jiang Laosi to be appointed as the head of the Ministry of Revenue and continue to run the stock exchange.
Recommend Chen Siqi as the governor of Shaanxi, responsible for reorganizing the reserve insurance team in Shaanxi.
This is a job without any responsibility. Doesn't the admiral seem to be a high-ranking official? Military officers are judged by whether they can lead troops. Without soldiers, they are useless. This admiral who is in charge of militia training is not as popular as the sixth-rank official, who has real power.
Shao Quanzhong saw that Xiao Chen had no talent in economics, but was very loyal, so he let him gild his resume as admiral and find him a position that required loyalty in the future. After all, he was a confidant that Shao Quanzhong had cultivated with great effort, right?
Jiang Laosi bowed and smiled and left, going straight back to Hailing.
Chen Siqi fell to the ground and cried, "I will serve you till death for my uncle."
The goal was achieved, the little emperor gave in, and Shao Quanzhong still had to go on with the visit to the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor.
It was too early for the little emperor to give in. The train stopped and started along the way. Shao Quanzhong was taking his confidants on a tour. By the time they arrived in Xi'an, half a month had passed.
In Xi'an, we met seven waves of messengers who came to help.
Fuso Governor Liu Mingchuan sent his trusted general Zhang Gaoyuan as a representative to assist in the sacrifice, and Beiyang Fleet Admiral Ding Ruchang sent Lin Yongsheng as a representative.
Liu Mingchuan and Ding Ruchang were both recommended by Shao Quanzhong. Of course, they were Li Hongzhang's diehard supporters, so they had to inform Li Hongzhang before sending someone.
The person sent by Lan Fang was the former Grand Commander Liu Asheng, and the person sent by Sulu was the Han Chinese chief steward of the Sultan's palace.
Feng Zicai and Liu Yongfu, who were stationed in Bangkok and Saigon, had nothing to do, so they came in person.
The most surprising thing was that the Confucian scholar Yi Se-woo, the envoy of Daewongun of the Joseon Dynasty, brought Daewongun's handwritten calligraphy: "The smoke and dust of the western ships darken the world, while the sun and moon of the east shine forever."
Ruilin, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, who came to greet Shao Quanzhong, frowned. Shao Quanzhong didn't show any favor to the Li Dynasty, did he? Why are you joining in the fun and flattering him?
Alas, although the Li Dynasty was respectful to the Qing Dynasty, it still could not forget its biological father, the Ming Dynasty.
Shao Quanzhong expelled foreigners and established hegemony in the East. The Li Dynasty warmly welcomed this and took the initiative to become Shao Quanzhong's tap water.
It was heard that Shao Quanzhong was going to offer sacrifices to the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor. The intention of sending this couplet was too obvious to instigate Shao Quanzhong, a Han Chinese, to do something. The author should be punished.
In short, Daewongun caught up with the opportunity and got on Shao Quanzhong's big leg. He himself could not have expected that this would bring him unexpected benefits one day in the future. Shao Quanzhong claimed to be a hermit who did not care about the government affairs, and he showed it very well in Xi'an. A large group of people followed him, not in a hurry to go to the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor, but to visit ancient sites everywhere in Xi'an.
I took Ping'er to Huaqing Hot Spring to take a hot spring bath, and spent several days in the Forest of Steles copying the calligraphy of the ancients. Finally, at Ping'er's strong suggestion, we paid a visit to Qianling Mausoleum.
Ping'er prayed silently in Qianling Mausoleum, and no one knew what wish she made.
Seven days passed in a flash, and the representative of the South China Sea Fleet Wu Changqing arrived, followed by Zhang Jun, the representative of Governor Yihao Dong Fuxiang.
Shao Quanzhong was still not satisfied and stayed in Xi'an until the first day of September.
Ping'er seemed to finally understand who he was waiting for, and the Han Chinese representatives from Gansu and Yili provinces finally arrived after hearing the news.
When Shao Quanzhong went on the Western Expedition, the Han people in Gansu and Yili provinces were all grateful for his kindness. Every household offered a tablet in memory of Shao Quanzhong. At once, more than a hundred prestigious elders from various places came to pay their respects to Shao Quanzhong.
Shao Quanzhong returned the greetings one by one and was very busy for two days.
Representatives of Zhang Zhiwan, Governor of the Suez River, Liu Jintang, Admiral of the Sinai, Xu Bangdao, Minister of Military Affairs of the Grand Duchy of Crimea, Nie Shicheng, Governor of Baidiau, Li Chengmou, Admiral of the Qing Dynasty's Pacific Fleet, and Liao Rong, Governor of Hong Kong and Commander-in-Chief of the British Far East Fleet, arrived one by one.
Shao Quanzhong calculated the days and finally set out slowly northward. The team traveled thirty miles a day and arrived in Huangling eleven days later.
Shao Quanzhong set up camp in front of the Xuanyuan Temple, fasted and bathed, and did not say how many days, because everyone was waiting anyway.
Ping'er was very excited to see so many Shao faction members coming to help, not including Du Wenxiu from Shannan Kingdom, Fat Tiger stationed in the Kazakh Khanate, Wang Nima stationed in Afghanistan and a group of other branches of the Chinese nation.
The Shao clique is so powerful, what are you waiting for, His Majesty?
Ping'er took the couplet of Daewongun of the Joseon Dynasty and found Lin Bo, the most powerful governor of Guangdong and Guangxi under Shao Quanzhong, and said, "Bozi, look, even the vassal states of the Joseon Dynasty admire the prince so much. If the prince becomes the emperor, will you support him?"
Bo Zai laughed, "Of course I support it. My brother Shao must be the emperor. I am just waiting for his words."
Ping'er hit a snag with Shao Hengzhong and Song Laosan. Shao Hengzhong was very polite and said, "Sister-in-law, Hengzhong will listen to Big Brother in everything. You can't take the initiative to ask for orders. Please go back."
Just listen, Ping'er found Le Sen who had been following the team like a shadow, and said, "Le Xiucai, when we came here, the prince deliberately stayed at Chenqiao Inn. Haven't you ever thought of giving the prince a yellow robe?"
Le Sen nodded repeatedly, "The yellow robe has been prepared long ago. When the Marshal returned from the Western Expedition, Wu Ziyi and I had prepared it in the Western Regions. All we need is a nod from the Marshal."
"When the Marshal and I were paying tribute to Huangling, didn't you, Le Xiucai, take the lead in raising the issue?"
Le Sen looked embarrassed, "This - I don't dare."
Ping'er understood, and went to find Li Shiyu, the representative of the Li Dynasty, overnight. There were always people willing to take the lead.
On September 15, the twelfth year of the Tongzhi reign, Shao Quanzhong was finally ready to pay a formal visit to Huangling.
The sky was vast, the earth was boundless, Shao Quanzhong walked slowly towards the Xuanyuan Temple, followed by hundreds of people.
The long horn played a desolate ancient tune, and the sound of drums struck people's hearts. Ping'er, dressed in a formal Hanfu dress, followed Shao Quanzhong, her chest heaving with excitement. She looked back at Li Shiyu, and when she saw Li Shiyu nod, her heart almost jumped out of her chest.
If the prince finished offering sacrifices at the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum and put on the yellow robe, and I was by his side as his follower, then -
Dreams have never been so close to Apple as they are now.
(End of this chapter)